Chapter 599: Sheji Artifact! The Strategic Significance of Potatoes!
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There was silence in the room.
Everyone was shocked at this moment.
Especially Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was so excited that he could not control himself at this time, and his hands unconsciously clenched into fists.
If what my second son said is true, then these potatoes can be widely grown in the Mobei grassland!
With the Han people’s natural talent for farming, I’m afraid it won’t be long before countless wastelands will be reclaimed and fields of potatoes will be planted!
With the population and food, a large number of rural villages will appear soon, and the rural villages will give birth to market towns, and the market towns will further spawn huge cities...
With the city, the court could recruit soldiers, and the court could even supply these soldiers on the spot without paying too much money and food costs.
These soldiers recruited on the spot will go deep into the desert with the Han people's desire for land, and launch crazy attacks on the nomadic tribes, eventually leaving these grassland barbarians with no way to go!
The living space of the grassland tribes will be continuously compressed by the Han people!
The grasslands and pastures they rely on for survival will become fertile fields for the Han people!
Moreover, it is not just the nomadic tribes in the northwest, this potato can even help the Ming Dynasty solve the Liaodong problem!
Because Liaodong is a notoriously cold land, it is not suitable for farming at all. The conditions are as bad as those in the grasslands and deserts!
But the second child said that potatoes are cold-resistant!
Then these potatoes can also be planted in Liaodong!
In this way, wouldn't the food problem in Liaodong be solved?
Looking at the yellow potatoes in front of him, Zhu Di felt that great achievements were beckoning to him!
This is food!
Once food can be grown in the ground, it means that more people can be fed!
And a larger population will require more land, and a larger population can provide the court with a steady stream of high-quality soldiers!
Even Zhu Di, as the emperor of tomorrow, is thinking more and more profoundly at this moment!
Not long ago, he joined forces with Lao Er and watched as Lao Er rushed to Jiangnan to carry out a bloody massacre in order to implement a whipping method to solve the hidden danger of gentry annexing land and increase the court's tax revenue.
However, these gentry scholars pay attention to a "farming and reading family". They do not simply pursue the accumulation of wealth, but have a heartfelt desire for land, especially those fertile fields with high food yields. This is the Han people's desire. Innate nature!
Therefore, Zhu Di also understood in his heart that after this group of gentry was purged, another group of powerful gentry who would annex land would soon appear. This was something that no one could stop.
But Zhu Di has always kept in mind the "cake theory" once said by the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu.
The cake is so big, and it was supposed to be distributed fairly, but in the end it was all snatched away by you gentry, powerful officials and dignitaries. Then how can the common people live, whatever they eat and drink?
However, with the emergence of the potato as a food artifact, the problem of annexing fields that was previously difficult to eradicate now has a solution!
There is nothing wrong with the cake theory, but this piece of cake is too small and far from enough to divide!
The only solution is to make this cake bigger!
Lingbei, Liaodong, Western Regions...
Wherever the Ming Dynasty's master passed by, it was the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
And these territories, whether barren or not, can grow potatoes and turn them into grain-producing areas!
In other words, there will only be more and more grain-producing areas in the future, and the cake will only get bigger and bigger. Even if some are given to the gentry and scholars, the common people will still have enough to eat!
This is a field problem!
Zhu Di suddenly thought about the war again.
In the past, he wanted to expand his territory and use his illustrious military exploits to justify himself, but the princes in the court headed by Xia Yuanji were opposed in every possible way, and even forced Zhu Di to raise military expenses from his own pocket to support his war!
These Gonggun princes in the Ming Dynasty temple opposed the war for various reasons.
Some say that it hurts the people and money, some say that it harms the harmony of the heaven and earth, and some say that the people suffer.
In fact, Zhu Di didn't know that the real reason for these people's opposition was that they could not benefit from the war, and even the outbreak of war would harm their interests!
Yes, a large-scale war not only did not bring any benefit to the Gonggun princes, on the contrary, once a war was imminent, the court would have to recruit a large number of civilian men, which would definitely delay the farming season and affect the grain production.
The biggest victims are the dignitaries who live in the temple!
Among these high-ranking officials, who doesn’t have thousands of hectares of fertile land and a hundred-acre manor?
You have dragged all the people away to fight, and there is no one to cultivate the fields. Where can we still produce food?
Moreover, the territory you captured is still wasteland that cannot be cultivated, which is of no benefit to us at all. Who the hell would be willing to harm their own interests to support your war!
All "benevolence, justice and morality" are bullshit. The civil servant group opposed the war simply because they could not benefit from it and would instead harm their own interests.
Zhu Di has always been wise and wise. He has seen this level for a long time, but he is too lazy to argue with them.
But now, potatoes can turn the new territories gained in the war into grain-producing areas...
I'm afraid the first people who can't sit still are these civil servants, right?
Who would dislike having a lot of land at home?
That’s all food!
War brings fields, fields produce food, food creates population, population provides soldiers, and soldiers feed back into war!
This creates a perfect cycle!
From now on, if he, Zhu Di, wants to fight, why should he look at other people's faces?
I can hit whoever I want, who has anything to say?
Even those Gong Gong lords, UU Reading ｗｗ.uukanshu.net, are probably clamoring for war and expansion of territory!
When he thought of this, Zhu Di immediately smiled, very happily.
"A divine weapon!"
"This potato is really a divine weapon of the country!"
After hearing the emperor's words, everyone nodded excitedly.
They may not be as far-sighted as Zhu Di, but everyone present knows that with these potatoes, Ming Dynasty will completely overcome the food crisis. This is a great good thing!
Zhu Di took the potato and looked at it for a moment, and suddenly became interested.
"Boy, how do these potatoes taste?"
After all, the King of Han said that this food could be used as a staple food. If it tastes bad, how can the common people eat it?
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and raised his mouth, almost drooling uncontrollably.
"Dad, let's see. It's almost time. I'll just have dinner here today."
"I will cook it myself and let everyone taste the taste of these potatoes."
Everyone: "???"
What?
The King of Han cooks?
Isn't this unreasonable?
Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and felt a little moved.
"Zheng He, how many potatoes did you bring back this time?"
"Report to the Emperor..."
"Don't worry, Dad!" Zhu Gaoxu interrupted directly, "Let's have a meal first, and the rest will be enough for food!"
After hearing his words, Zhu Di finally felt relieved.
"Okay, then go ahead and do it, dick!"
Prince Han was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately started preparations.
Braised beef with potatoes, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, pan-fried mashed potatoes, potatoes...
What a pity, I can finally revisit these delicacies in my lifetime!
Everyone saw that His Royal Highness the King of Han, who was usually calm and self-confident, was laughing like an idiot at the moment, drooling all over the floor...
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